orotund
/awr-uh-tuhnd, ohr-/US // ˈɔr əˌtʌnd, ˈoʊr- //UK // (ˈɒrəʊˌtʌnd) //
兽性大发,兽皮,兽类,兽性
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adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : characterized by strength, fullness, richness, and clearness.
- : pompous or bombastic.
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Examples
With the orotund, as well as with the natural quality, all the voice modes previously described may be conjoined.
Pure voice is usually spoken of as being manifested in two qualities, the natural and the orotund.
One given to sonorous and orotund phrases would doubtless have coined a most splendid speech here.
In an orotund voice he declaims to his pupils the mighty revelations that he copied from the book.
There is a voice of unusual roundness and fulness known as the orotund, which is indispensable to the public speaker.
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